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Gordon Smith

Gordon Smith

Professor and Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge

Gordon C. S. Smith is Professor and Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cambridge, and a Consultant in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, UK. He holds MD, PhD and DSc degrees from the University of Glasgow. He held Wellcome Trust research training fellowships at the University of Glasgow, UK (1992–93), and Cornell University, USA (1996–1999). He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2010.

His current research focuses on placentally related complications of human pregnancy, addressing mechanisms and prediction of disease. He led the POPS cohort (2008–2013) and is Principal Investigator of the POPS2 cohort and nested randomised controlled trial (2020–2027, ISRCTN12181427). He has approximately £10 million in current or recent research funding as Chief Investigator.

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